Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROF'LI-GATE-NESS
PROF'LI-GATE-LYPROF-LI-GA'TION
PROF'LI-GATE-NESS, n.
- The quality or state of being lost to virtue and decency. – Butler.
- An abandoned course of life; extreme viciousness; profligacy.
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